clear the feature . on the right flank , the 58 ##th / 59 ##th infantry battalion carried out a wide flanking move along a track that had been carved out of the west bank of the hong ##ora ##i by bull ##do ##zer . beginning their move two days earlier , a number of patrols had had contacts with the japanese . meanwhile , using tractors to drag the tanks through the mud , the australian armour had crossed the river also and by 16 : 00 on 20 may the battalion had managed to establish itself in an assembly area to the east of the river , un ##bek ##now ##n to the japanese . the following day , the battalion left the line of departure
clear the feature. on the right flank, the 58th / 59th infantry battalion carried out a wide flanking move along a track that had been carved out of the west bank of the hongorai by bulldozer. beginning their move two days earlier, a number of patrols had had contacts with the japanese. meanwhile, using tractors to drag the tanks through the mud, the australian armour had crossed the river also and by 16 : 00 on 20 may the battalion had managed to establish itself in an assembly area to the east of the river, unbeknown to the japanese. the following day, the battalion left the line of departure